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Word: Trochee
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek trokhaios (pous) ‘running (foot)’, from trekhein ‘to run’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtrəʊkiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.
Short Definition:foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable
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